In March, the SSL team Endre's 25-year-old star Sara Steen announced that her career was over. In a blog post on innebandymagazinet.se she talks about the suites after a concussion she suffered in January.

Steen was hoping for a quick comeback, but was forced to a hospital visit after a workout.

“Once home, I realize that something is very wrong. It's football on TV and I do not see the players on the field, everything is blurred and my head is pounding more and more. In the end so much that I can not keep my eyes open. From that night on, the fear of death ravaged me for several weeks. I thought one hundred percent that this would be my death ", she writes.

After several investigations, including a stroke test, a shocking message came.

"'We have found a small malformation on your brain from which it has soaked a bit'". Okay? What does that mean? Do I have a small brain haemorrhage or what? How to get rid of it and when can I play again? To be honest, I did not listen very carefully until I heard the words 'if I had been you, I would not have played floorball again' ".

After that, the doctors changed the recommendation and said that she could return to floorball, but Steen still chose to quit.

The 25-year-old describes the void that followed the decision as tough, but writes that she now feels better.

"I'm happy again, I've realized I'm good at a lot of other things. I can train as I love to do, I sit here and am grateful and happy with life ", writes Steen.

She has double World Cup gold with Sweden, 2017 and 2019.

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